AP – Three weeks after New Hampshire legalized gay marriage, opponents are asking the House to repeal the law and let voters amend the constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. The House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings Wednesday. New Hampshire’s law legalizing...

Chuck Iavarone, a U.S. Soldier, has tired of living two lives. Chuck Iavarone was 19 when he decided to start living his life as an openly gay man. He came out after he graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School. He started college, but left after the Sept. 11 attacks to join the U.S. Army Reserve. He...

(AP) WASHINGTON, DC — The DC Board of Elections and Ethics has announced it will hold a public hearing on whether the public should be able to vote on a measure to allow same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital. The board announced Thursday that it will hold a hearing Feb. 16. It will be...

(CNN) — A California judge ruled Wednesday to allow cameras in a federal courtroom to document a challenge to Proposition 8, a measure banning same-sex marriage. The courtroom footage will not be streamed live, but will be uploaded on the Web site YouTube daily, CNN affiliate KGO reported. Proposition...

‘Tis the season for Top 10 countdowns, as the world concludes the first decade of the 21st century. A recent Top 10 List on Newsweek has caught the eye of the nation, as it predicts the most likely political actions … or rather, lack thereof in 2010. Number 9: Obama Does Nada on Gay Rights Patience...

human rights As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama did not support marriage equality, but he did support the repeal of the so-called “Defense of Marriage” Act (DOMA), a 1996 law that bans any federal recognition of gay and lesbian families and allows states to deny marriage rights even...

U.S. Senate hopeful Jacob Meister won't make his sexual orientation the centerpoint of his campaign. U.S. Senate hopeful Jacob Meister is not your run-of-the-mill political candidate. And he is quick to point out his sexual orientation is only one part of how he is different from his opponents. The Illinois...

WASHINGTON, DC – Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans and their allies, announced today that the American Medical Association (AMA) has passed a resolution calling for full repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. With overwhelming...